Saturday, April 2, 2016

CLIMATE CHANGE: A SERIOUS THREAT TO PAKISTAN

In the recent past Pakistan has been strongly linked to the
word ‘terrorism’. Terrorism by Muslim extremist that have been hiding in the
nation and taking advantage of its poverty to secure an army for themselves.
Due to political unrest, many are looking past global warming effects that are severely
hitting a majority of Pakistan’s population. The rise of climate change is
becoming a serious threat – a threat that is terroristic in itself.

For years Pakistan has seriously struggled to manage crisis
situations for its people. Every year it is something different, and the
government can only manage a temporary treatment to the disaster before
something new pops up. Pakistan’s poor infrastructure the the unfortunate cause
for their inability to take care of their own people.

Currently Pakistan needs to tackle the water crisis in the
country. Due to climate change, natural resources are drying up and making much
of the land arid. The growth of population in the country is only straining the
water crisis. The countries agriculture uses most of the water and the natural ground
water supply is dropping greatly. Pakistan is suffering from the tragedy of the
commons. The tragedy of the commons, is when individuals take advantage of
public resources for their own personal gain without keeping in mind that it is
also important to conserve the resource – it creates a first come, first serve motive.
It is a hard truth to swallow, but all the ground water that has been lost will
never reach the capacity at which it once was.

It is dire for Pakistan to invest in reservoirs and ways of harvesting
rain water. Almost 70% of Pakistan’s rain water is wasted because of poor and
inadequate storing facilities. Moreover, the leaders of the country need to
make sure that there is water running in the the Indus River through out the
year.

CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT A JOKE! It is affecting millions in
Pakistan; causing many deaths and malnutrition in numerous villages across the
provinces. The country needs to improve the work that it is doing for its
agriculture, industry, energy and health sectors. Terrorism seems like a threat
to the pubic, but a greater threat that is lurking in the shadows of the country
is climate change. Pakistan needs to conserve water, find ways in which it can
reduce water wastage and in addition, begin farming water before it gets too
late.